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At the Allen Institute, discovery is a team effort.

From brain mappers to cell biologists, from immunologists to AI engineers, our people and teams are building the resources, tools, and discoveries that accelerate science for everyone.

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Lenina Arenas-Fuentes

Chief of Staff

Christopher Beaudoin

Chief Operating Officer

Rui Costa

President and Chief Executive Officer

Ruwanthi (Ru) Gunawardane

Executive Vice President and Director, Cell Science

Julie Harris

Vice President, Science Initiatives

Andrew Hickl

Chief Technology Officer

Susan Kaech

Executive Vice President of Immunology

Ed Lein

Executive Vice President and Director

Meg McClellan

Vice President and General Counsel

Sarah Norris Hall

Chief Financial Officer

Rob Piercy

Vice President, Communications & Impact

Jay Shendure

Lead Scientific Director, Seattle Hub for Synthetic Biology, Brotman Baty Institute University of Washington School of Medicine; HHMI

Petra Smith

Vice President, People and Culture

Karel Svoboda

Executive Vice President and Director, Neural Dynamics

Arden Yang

Vice President, Innovation

Hongkui Zeng

Executive Vice President and Director, Brain Science

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Research Associate II

Nathan Gouwens, Ph.D.

Assistant Investigator

Nathan Kieswetter, Ph.D.

Naveen Ouellette

Senior Research Associate

Research Associate, Sr.

Neel Kaul, B.S.

Research Associate III

Nelson Johansen, Ph.D.

Neville Sanjana, Ph.D.

New York Genome Center & New York University

Research Associate III

Nicholas Lusk, Ph.D.

Nicholas Mei, M.Sc.

Software Engineer III

Research Associate II

Sr. Manager, Tissue Processing

Director, Communications and Brand

SW Engineer III

Niculina Musat, Ph.D.

Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ Leipzig

Nika Shakiba, Ph.D.

University of British Columbia

Nikolai Slavov, Ph.D.

Northeastern University

Nina Estep, B.A.

Research Associate II

Nozomu Yachie, Ph.D.

University of British Columbia

Nuno Maçarico da Costa, Ph.D.

Olga Gliko, Ph.D.

University of Washington / Shendure Lab

Olivia Unokesan

Research Associate I

Omar A. Quintero-Carmona, Ph.D.

Senior Education Advisor

Omar Kana, Ph.D.

Pamela Baker, Ph.D.

Scientific Data Engineer II

Patrick R. Hof, M.D.

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Senior Software Engineer

Paul Meijer, Ph.D.

Sr. Director, Scientific Software Engineering

Sr. Director, Operations

Peter DiValentin

Peter Groblewski, Ph.D.

Director, Research Operations

Peter Han, M.S.

Manager, External Affairs

Associate Director, Communications & Media Relations

Peter Skene, Ph.D.

Sr. Director, High Resolution Immunology

Automation Engineer III

Petra Smith, J.D.

Vice President, People and Culture

Software Engineer II

Philip Garrison, Ph.D.

SW Engineer III

Philip Greenberg, M.D.

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

Phyllis J. Campbell

Independent Board Director and Adviser

Pravina Venkatesan, M.S.

Bioinformatics Analyst I

Priya Ravisankar

Research Associate III

Pulin Li, Ph.D.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Quanxin Wang, Ph.D.

Principal Scientist

Research Associate II

Sr. Manager, Morphology

Rachel Flannery

Research Associate II

Rachel Hostetler, Ph.D.

Rachel Penton, Ph.D.

Education and Engagement Supervisor

Rafael Yuste, M.D., Ph.D.

Columbia University

Rajvi Javeri, B.S.

Research Associate II

Research Associate II

Ravi Bhowmik, BA

Research Associate II

Ravindra Majeti, M.D., Ph.D.

Stanford University School of Medicine

Raymond Sanchez, Ph.D

Product Manager II

R. Clay Reid, M.D., Ph.D.

Investigator, Sr. Connectomics

Research Associate II

Rebecca Hodge, Ph.D.

Investigator, Assistant

Rebecca Scott, MBA

Associate Scientific Project and Alliance Manager

Renata Batista Brito, Ph.D.

Albert Einstein School of Medicine

Rennie Jane Dupar

Research Associate I

Research Associate II

Ricardo Mercado, B.S.

Research Associate I

Richard Ellenbogen, M.D., F.A.C.S.

Richard Naud, Ph.D.

University of Ottawa

Rick Horwitz, Ph.D.

Inaugural Executive Director, Emeritus

Robert Bradley, Ph.D.

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

Research Associate, Sr.

Robert Signer, Ph.D.

University of California San Diego

Vice President, Communications & Impact

Robyn Crook, Ph.D.

San Francisco State University

Associate Director, Data & Technology

Benefits Partner II

Rohan Gala, Ph.D.

Rong Guo, Ph.D.

Rongxin Fang, Ph.D.

Ron Vale, Ph.D.

University of California, San Francisco

Ruaidhri Jackson, Ph.D.

Harvard Medical School

Research Associate II

Rui Costa, D.V.M, Ph.D.

President and Chief Executive Officer

Russell Jones, Ph.D.

Van Andel Institute

SW Engineer III

Sr. Research Associate

Ruwanthi (Ru) Gunawardane, Ph.D.

Executive Vice President and Director, Cell Science

Software Engineer III

Sam Al-Khoury, MA

Career Development Partner, Senior

Sam Caldwell, Ph.D.

Senior Scientific Project and Alliance Manager

Sam Gale, Ph.D.

Samir Rachid Zaim, Ph.D

Supervisor, Biostatistics

Sam Rodriques, Ph.D.

Francis Crick Institute

Data Analyst II

Sandra Schmid, Ph.D.

UT Southwestern Medical Center

Sandy Jeter, MLIS

Funding Research Specialist, II

Sangeeta Bhatia, M.D., Ph.D.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Research Associate Sr. Supervisor

Sarah Norris Hall

Chief Financial Officer

Sarah Slavoff, Ph.D.

Yale University

Sarah Walling-Bell

Data Analyst III

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brain science

Mapping every cell, connection, and circuit in the brain—openly shared with the world.

cell science

Decoding how cells become tissues, then programming that knowledge into powerful new research tools.

neural dynamics

Revealing the brain's hidden algorithms that transform neural activity into real-world behavior.

immunology

Creating the deepest open reference for the healthy human immune system ever built.

synthetic biology

Engineering cells to record their own histories, transforming how we understand disease over time.

research

Big questions, open answers, and science built to be shared.

education

Inspiring the next generation of scientists through open science resources.

impact

Our science is empowering researchers and advancing health worldwide.